enough with the 2257 scares!

[furrygirl]

Originally Posted by Linkster

Easy response - when starting out in the biz there will be a small amount of investment - actually a heck of a lot less than most business's cost to start in. An example would be the content - at $5 or so for a set of pics that is one of the costs, like hosting, etc that is required to get started in the biz. For a small amount of time there have been sponsors that have provided free content - but that was never really an acceptable way of starting out - most LL owners would accept the content in free sites and TGP owners had seen it a "few" more times than the Link Lists. If you are serious about getting started, the small investment in your biz will pay off way more with your own bought content.

I agree. I have seen so many posts on boards in my three years from newbies that decry the "unfairness" of something, (paying for content, hosting, software, billing, etc.), but what my cynical ears are hearing is, "It's not fair! I shouldn't have to invest money in opening a business, everything should be free since I'm just starting out!"

Not trying to pick on you, jsand199, it's just a general observation and pet peeve of mine. Compare the costs of buying even a hundred sets of exclusive content to the price of opening a traditional brick-and-mortar business, and the adult web starts looking a lot friendlier.